This is purely out of curiosity. How do all of you handle it when your child gets in trouble at school? What do you say/do once they get home?
For a long time, DS would not tell us anything about his school life. We also often took the teacher's side automatically when issues arose. In retrospect, I'd say we were pretty out to lunch, parentally. Now we assure him of our love for him whatever happens, and then talk things through. If we feel he's erred, we try to explain why, how, and may even do a play acting game with him on the topic. If we're not sure, we take it up with the teacher. If we feel the teacher has erred, we seek a tactful way to talk the matter through with her.
BTW, DS now is willing to talk to us about his school days, which we feel suggests we are getting our act together with him.
